The Datsuns revel in 1970s super-villains for new album

The Datsuns revel in 1970s cult film super-villains
for new album, Deep Sleep.

The
Datsuns announce the forthcoming release of their new album
Deep Sleep on Friday October 3 and share first track,
Caught in The Silver on their website www.thedatsuns.com

Seizing the opportunity of being in the same city, Deep
Sleep was written and recorded in a blistering fast ten days
at Roundhead Studios in Auckland last summer. The result is
a sonic explosion that arrives, lights the place on fire,
then leaves, all within the space of 34
minutes.

Singer/bassist Dolf de Borst explains, “We’re
not fucking around. We’re all conscious of the fact that
we don’t live close to each other and we’re getting
older and people have families, so, if we’re together,
we’re going to make records.”

Deep
Sleep elaborates on their signature breakneck-paced
rock’n’roll delving into more menacing terrain summoned
from the bands collective proto-metal 70s influences; Black
Sabbath, Deep Purple, Blue Oyster Cult and Bloodrock, to
name a few. Semi-tones are thrown in amongst blues scale
riffs creating a darker, more evil sound that summons images
of 1970s cult film super-villains.

While the band made
Deep Sleep they collectively took an interest in
1970s French comic Kris Kool created by cult
psychedelic artist Caza (Philippe Cazaumayou). Inspired and
enamoured by his artwork while in the studio, the band
contacted Caza direct, now 72 years old, and licensed an
image for the front cover of Deep Sleep,
complementing the darker 70s vibe The Datsuns were playing
with.

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